Three tools from VMware’s portfolio — Workspace One, Carbon Black Cloud, and SASE — are now bundled, offering a suite of tools to simplify management of remote worker devices and applications. Credit: Thinkstock Providing secure access to vital applications has been a key challenge for businesses forced to adapt to remote working during the pandemic. And with many businesses set to continue to support a distributed workforce even after offices reopen, it will remain a priority for IT for some time. With this in mind, VMware has unveiled a suite of security and endpoint management tools to support remote workers. VMware Anywhere Workspace, announced on Tuesday, combines VMware’s Workspace One, a “digital workspace platform” that delivers applications across a range of devices, with its Carbon Black Cloud endpoint security tools and SASE, which provides secure network access for distributed teams. “By combining these three things we can deliver value to the stakeholders that include employees, the CIO, CISO, lines of business and HR,” said Shankar Iyer, SVP and general manager, end user computing at VMware. “This results in highly engaged employees, a broader and more effective security model, reduced cost and overhead.” The tools will provide a “great user experience and consistent performance on any device, from any location, over any network,” said Renu Upadhyay, vice president for product and technical marketing, end user computing at VMware. VMware said that Anywhere Workspace meets customer demand for an integrated product offering. An integration between Workspace One and Carbon Black Cloud will bring “physical and virtual endpoint management and security capabilities” together, for instance, while Workspace One and SASE will enable zero trust network access over globally deployed points of presence. More integrations are planned going forward. The move to remote work exposed weaknesses in IT operations and business infrastructures, especially around how end-user workspaces or working environments are handled, said Phil Hochmuth, IDC program vice president covering enterprise mobility. VMware’s Anywhere Workspace tools can help here, he said. “Getting devices delivered, set up, configured, and secure to spec has been a huge challenge for organizations where all the tools they used for this were based on the premise that the device would be inside the corporate perimeter (on-prem firewalls/corporate LANS, or remote VPN/WAN setups),” he said. The launch of the Anywhere Workspace suite is “very timely,” said Bob Laliberte, practice director and senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. As organizations embrace work-from-home and hybrid work strategies, IT teams are required to deliver “secure, personalized experiences that also ensure workers are productive, regardless of where they are working,” he said. With this in mind, a packaged suite of apps “should be attractive to customers, enabling a comprehensive solution to power a secure hybrid work environment and be able to scale,” Laliberte said. Pricing for Anywhere Workspace, which is available now, depends on individual products used. Related content news analysis The EU has decided to open up iPadOS 'Our market investigation showed that despite not meeting the thresholds, iPadOS constitutes an important gateway on which many companies rely to reach their customers,' said the EU’s lead anti-competition regulator, Margrethe Vestige By Jonny Evans Apr 29, 2024 4 mins Apple Apple App Store iPad how-to A new Windows 11 backup and recovery paradigm? If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing. By Ed Tittel Apr 29, 2024 17 mins Windows 11 Backup and Recovery Windows feature Q&A: Georgia Tech dean details why the school needed a new AI supercomputer Georgia Tech partnered with Nvidia to roll out its first supercomputer so students can experiment with AI and machine learning to better prepare for a job market where those skills are now critical to success. By Lucas Mearian Apr 29, 2024 12 mins CPUs and Processors Education Industry Generative AI feature Windows 11 Insider Previews: What’s in the latest build? Get the latest info on new preview builds of Windows 11 as they roll out to Windows Insiders. Now updated for Build 22635.3566 for the Beta Channel, released on April 26, 2024. By Preston Gralla Apr 26, 2024 251 mins Small and Medium Business Microsoft Windows 11 Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe